From a Buick 8: A Novel [Beckett Certified Signed First Edition]

1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York: Scribner, Publishers, 2002. First printing with full number-line beginning w/1. Beautifully signed by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King" Includes Beckett Authentication Services certification card and B.A.S. label at title page; Certification no. D72354 may be confirmed at their site. Signature contemporaneous with the original publishing of this title. Light grey boards, purplish-blue cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear, bump. Pages near fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub; unclipped 28.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Beautifully vibrant raised cover titles, headlight, and red hot growling grill and bumper on the sinister '53 Roadmaster in brilliant blue, wrapping around at back panel to a contemporary white Buick squad car. This jacket illustration by Mark Stutzman and the book design is by Erich Hobbing. Rare near fine signed first edition in same wrapper. There are Buicks everywhere... In this terror tale, SK's villain is one rotten car, a Buick Roadmaster penned up behind the state police barracks and seemingly responsible for the disappearance of several people. Young Ned Wilcox begins investigating this mysterious vintage vehicle in the hope of uncovering the sinister secrets surrounding it - years after his police trooper father was killed in the line of duty. This is no ordinary car, but one with an inter-dimensional element... and malevolent proclivities. A wonderful example of how King's plotting skills and literary finesse matured over his career. And, most importantly, a damn creepy story. Stephen King himself had a near-fatal run-in with an automobile after finishing the first draft, an eerie coincidence he addresses in an afterword. Printed in the U.S.A. 356 pages. Insured post.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Stutzman, Mark (Jacket Illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.